Xantus's Hummingbird

Hylocharis xantusii

Order

APODIFORMES

Family

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Code 4

XAHU

Code 6

HYLXAN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Needle
Eye Color: Dark brown to black.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Bright green
Forehead Color: Bright green
Nape Color: Bright green
Throat Color: Bright green
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 8-10 cm (3-4 in)
Weight: 3 g (0.1 oz)
Size: 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary: Green, Buff, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: Red-brown and buff.
Upperparts: Iridescent green
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 11 cm (4.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown with green central feathers.
Under Tail: Red-brown
Leg Color: Black

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America